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David Hamilton  

A Blessing for this Day

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2009
for two-part treble voices and piano

Don Blume  

A Family Grace

Duration: 01' 00" Year: 2000
for SATB and piano

Jonathan Crehan  

Adam Lay Ybounden

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2008
arrangement of the traditional carol for SSAA choir

David Hamilton  

Blessing

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2008
for SATB choir

  • Programme Note

    When Auckland Choral was asked to sing at the funeral of a highly regarded and long-standing member of the choir, I offered to compose something special for the service. It needed to be a piece that could be quickly learnt. Blessing was the result. The text is by Wellington-based poet Anne Powell who is a member of the Catholic order of the Cenacle Sisters.

    Blessing is a short poem of healing for those “…who walk the earth”, and draws on images of the natural world – the light, the sea, and the wind. The piece is dedicated to the memory of Peter Gibbons, who particularly enjoyed the outdoors.

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Jillian Bray  

Carol for a Dark Night

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2002
for SATB choir and piano

David Gordon  

Creator Spirit, Strengthen Us

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2000
For SSA choir with piano or organ accompaniment.

David Hamilton  

De Angel Roll De Stone Away

Duration: 02' 45" Year: 2007, r. 2008
for SSA choir and piano

David Gordon  

Enter, O Lord, This House

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2002
anthem for SSA choir, and organ or piano

Carol Shortis  

I Saw a Fair Maiden

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 2005, r. 2008
a Christmas lullaby for SATB choir

David Hamilton  

I'm A-Going to Join the Band

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 2005
for solo bass voice, TTB choir and piano

  • Programme Note

    This is the third of 3 spirituals written early in 2005 with secondary school choirs in mind. Each takes a text from the Afro-American tradition of spirituals and sets it in a style suggestive of that tradition. The other two works are ‘Sunday Morning Band’ and ‘Witness for my Lord’. As with the other pieces written around the same time, the voicing here is aimed at developing choirs or choirs with limited resources, in this case three part male voices rather than the more common TTBB layout. A solo bass (or baritone) voice takes a significant role in the piece, with the choir parts remaining fairly repetitive from verse to verse. After a slightly slower introduction, the music is underpinned by a strongly rhythmic piano part throughout. The text talks of joining a band, the band of those who belong to God. There are references to typical images of the spirituals, the Jordan river, Joshua’s well-known battle, and Galilee.

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